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How Sandra Fluke Is Prepping for Her DNC Speech Tonight

Sandra Fluke has hit the campaign trail as an active advocate for President Obama, and after remarks from other Democratic heavy hitters (including Planned Parenthood Action Fund president Cecile Richards) will take the podium this evening for a coveted speaking spot in the 9:00 P.M. ET hour. But before she gets onstage, the recent Georgetown Law School grad will loosen up and calm her nerves with a little backstage dance.

"I call it the fighting kangaroo," she said before agreeing to demonstrate her moves in which she holds up her fists and hops a bit. Here's a look:

A year ago, the 31-year-old had no idea her long-standing advocacy for reproductive rights would land her in the national spotlight--including the pages of Glamour's May 2012 issue in an exclusive interview. "It's really exciting and a little intimidating," she told me. "I love having an opportunity to have an impact on things I care about. I'm going to make the case for the president, and frankly he makes it easy."

I spoke with Fluke at a Huffington Post luncheon focusing on job creation and technology. We stepped into a hallway at the to talk more about her support for President Obama in Election 2012.

"He has a fabulous record of standing up for women on reproductive health care and on fair pay and on violence against women. The contrast with Mitt Romney also makes it a really clear choice on who's right for women," Fluke said. "We're seeing double digit support for Obama among women generally, and I think young people are motivated and really focused on the stand he took for marriage equality.

Fluke continued with the strongest issues for which she advocates--they're what are expected to be at the heart of her speech when she addresses the DNC attendees tonight. "When I talk to young women what I think has to be crystal clear is we are talking about our reproductive rights being at risk. This is not rhetoric. This is real," she said. "The candidates on the Republican ballot are serious about doing this. This is not a false threat or imagined bogey man, this is a real threat to women's health and I think that's somewhat harder for young women to grasp because we haven't lived in a time when we didn't have these rights but they're on the line right now."

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